Bullet-associated ventricular tachycardia: a case report.
Florian DoldiFlorian ReinkeAli YilmazLars EckardtPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2021)
Scar-related VT often occur many years after an acute event, e.g. an acute myocardial infarction. This case highlights, that any cardiac trauma, even a superficial epicardial projectile-related damage with subsequent scarring, may cause a VT after many years and to our knowledge for the first time describes the occurrence of a VT due to mechanical damage to the myocardium by a gunshot.